The Boys Creator Says Firecracker's Fate Was Inspired by a Prediction That Trump Would Eventually Banish Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Boys creator and showrunner Eric Kripke has revealed the real-world inspiration behind Firecracker’s fate, as shown in Season 5, Episode 5. Warning! Spoilers for The Boys Season 5, Episode 5 follow: In the latest episode of The Boys, Firecracker, played by Valorie Curry, gives herself over entirely to supervillain Homelander despite his aspirations to “ascend” to godhood. Firecracker — a monstrous supe in her own right — had been a key member of The Seven and Homelander’s inner circle, enacting his will no matter how demented the request. But as Homelander’s insanity grows he questions the loyalty of those around him. At the end of Episode 5, Firecracker pleads her innocence with Homelander, insisting she worships him, mind, body, and soul. But Homelander is unconvinced, and, seemingly on a whim, kills her by impaling her head on the sharp end of the right wing of an eagle statue. It’s a shocking moment that brings Firecracker’s arc to an end in perhaps the only way it could: death at the hand of her new “Lord.” But, as Kripke told The Hollywood Reporter, the inspiration for her demise came from a real-world political figure: Marjorie Taylor Greene. In November last year, Presi